Today marks the launch of Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition on PlayStation 4. Essentially the game's big season three update blown up to include a healthy injection of single player content, Arcade Edition makes the title finally feel like a properly fleshed out fighting game -- or at least, we like to think it does.
Street Fighter V was picked to bits when it launched without the basics back 2016. More casual players bounced off the release almost instantly because it did nothing to cater for them, and even competitive users were left underwhelmed by the game's rough online modes. Remember, Capcom didn't even have a penalty in place for players who quit out of online matches. Dark days indeed.
But now, with the launch of Arcade Edition, we have to ask: will you be returning to Street Fighter V? Or have you been playing it since it released? Perhaps you're thinking of jumping in for the very first time? Whatever your situation, we want to know about it. Vote in our polls, and then mash some buttons in the comments section below.
Will you be playing Street Fighter V thanks to Arcade Edition? (85 votes)
- Yes, I'll be playing it for the first time
- Yeah, I'll be returning to Street Fighter V to try it
- Yup, but I've been playing Street Fighter V anyway
- Hmmm, I'm not sure yet
- Nah, Arcade Edition is too little too late for me
- No, I've got zero interest in Street Fighter V
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Do you think Arcade Edition will help Street Fighter V in the long run? (79 votes)
- Yes, it'll attract a lot of new players
- Yeah, it's a welcome update on the base game
- I'm honestly not sure
- Nah, it's not enough to bring in many new players
- No, it's too late for Street Fighter V to grow into something more
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Been playing it anyway.
I am NOT interested at all - I don't like 'fighting' games and therefore anything Capcom does for SFv makes no difference from my perspective.
Whether its too little too late, I honestly don't know. It seems SF has a LOT of competition - the likes of Injustice, Tekken, Dragonball Z. Marvel vs Capcom, Mortal Combat, Soul Calibre etc. Whether the fans of 'fighting' games will now return or even buy when the market is well stocked with alternatives, I honestly don't know - not being in that sector either doesn't help
If there were a lull in videogame releases, I'd probably be considering this edition. But with SF Collection and FighterZ coming up and the rest of 2018 ahead, I'd rather just skip this.
Too little too late I may be in the minority but I felt Capcom cared about the ever so great tournaments over making a good fighting game at release...
It was between SFV Arcade Edition or Dragon Ball FighterZ for me.
One of them is a free update to a game I already own, the other is a £50 investment.
I went with free.
I was disappointed to find out that the Arcade Edition does not include Season 3 characters. I know they haven't been released yet, but it's hard to get excited when they propose me to spend me more than full price for an almost 2 year old game. I'll just wait for the actual complete edition a couple of years from now. Maybe I'll buy USFIV in a sale...
Just sold it nog need to get it again took to long for me.
Yes I already download the game to try the arcade mode, the six different era setting is intriguing. I wish there's no fight money and we can get all characters from the beginning though.
@BAMozzy Same here, I usually avoid "fighting" games like the plague.
Been playing and now it is just the best fighting game out there this generation in any way. Deal with it.
Stingy Capcom not giving FM for Arcade mode, which is dumb because it would be an incentive to download the update and beat the game with all characters
I have been away from fighting games for a long time and it is blast coming back with SFV: AE.
Pretty much every other fighting game is obsolete next Friday on PS4.
Yeah, I'll bite now that it feels like a complete release. I'll likely get DBFZ first though, and I need a bigger hard drive.
Haven't bought a fighting game since the early PS2 days.
I cant believe they still have fight money.
Just sell us the full fat turbo version with everything unlocked Capcom else its no buy.
@Bliquid lol, I float between Lúcio and Moira now, she's amazing!
@themcnoisy
That will come in another 2 years.
Nope. It went from a day one buy to "never buying" after the lack of SP content at launch.
I'll stick with Injustice 2.
I'm certainly interested, but I'm not really fond of this "stage purchase" I saw a reviewer talking about.
Too late for me, I've already got fighterZ pre-ordered.
I love fighting games but for whatever reason Street Fighter just has never done it for me. I think it's a little bit too slow paced and I just don't like the characters much. Even with Street Fighter 4's last version which had a staggering amount of characters I struggled to pick more than 3-4 that I actually liked at all.
I’ve been playing Street Fighter V since it’s 2016 launch. It’s a game I come back to every now and then. Like most fighting games I play.
I dip in and out, also lots of my friends are heavily in to it.
I skipped 4 entirely, but (mechanically at least), 5 has been a great game.
It's shame that Capcom delivered so little content and (persistent) clunky online set ups on release when the likes of Mortal Kombat (even prior to XL) and Injustice are packed to the rafters and so very simple to connect with friends online.
The original released was rushed for the tournament circuit - and should've been released as a tournament edition for £20.
Street Fighter does remain though one of the all time most accessible fighters out there. You'd be hard pressed to find many gamers unfamiliar with the motions of at least throwing fireballs and dragon punches.
Is say if you like fighters and haven't picked it up, now is the time.
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